'I'm not scared for her wellbeing': Mother whose adopted daughter, 15, was only reported missing TWO YEARS after she vanished insists girl is with her grandmother as she faces tough questions from Dr Phil

Erica Parsons was last seen November 19, 2011 but was only reported missing by her brother on July 30; he told police his parents had killed her

Sandy and Casey Parsons deny hurting the girl and say they left her in the care of her grandmother 'Nan'

After the girl went to live with her, Nan's phone stopped working and they say they do not know where she is

Dr Phil and police said there is no record of Nan

Relatives have said Erica endured years of abuse at the home - which the couple has denied - and police have searched the house for evidence

The adoptive mother of a 15-year-old girl who was only reported missing by her brother two years after she went missing has said that she is not concerned about the girl's whereabouts.

Casey Parsons and her husband faced tough questions from Dr Phil in a special show that airs today and insisted that her daughter Erica is in the care of her paternal grandmother, 'Nan'.

Erica was last seen on November 19, 2011, when she was 13, and was only reported missing by her 19-year-old adoptive brother James on July 30. He told police that his parents had killed her.

Dr Phil pointed out that detectives say Nan, whose real name is Irene Goodman, died five years ago and that his team have found no records for a woman with that name connected to the family.

In a tense interview, Mrs Parsons claimed that she left Erica at a McDonald's in December 2011 so her grandmother could collect her and take her to Asheville in North Carolina for three weeks.

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Speaking out: Sandy (left) and Casey Parsons
spoke to Dr Phil about their missing daughter Erica, who they say is
living with her grandmother - even though they have not heard from her
for 18 months

Where is she? Erica's brother said he last saw her in November 2011 when he reported her missing on July 30

Nan initially made contact through Facebook and the girl went to live with her a few months later, she said. They have not heard from Erica, whom they adopted at two weeks old, since that day, she said.

'After living with Nan for two months, Nan said that Erica did not want to
return home,' Mrs Parsons told Dr Phil of a phone conversation she said they had. 'Erica wanted to stay with her permanently.

'In the
background, I could hear Erica saying, "I don't want that b**** coming
to my birthday party" and "Tell that b****" don't come up here". That
hurt a lot... That's the last time I heard from Erica.'

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She added that Nan's phone was disconnected weeks later and she removed her Facebook profile.

But even though she could not contact her daughter, she said she had not been concerned.

'I wasn't worried, I knew that Erica was
safe,' Mrs Parsons said. 'I understood that Erica was probably scared I would bring her
home. I wasn't scared about Erica's wellbeing. This was a mutual agreement, it's not as if Nan had took her
and run.'

She said that when she told relatives she
wanted to contact the girl, they told her she was being selfish and
that she should allow Erica to have a life filled with things the
Parsons could not provide.

Questions: Dr Phil said he found it shocking that the couple had not tried to track down their daughter

Mystery: He told the Parsons that his team could find no records of their daughter's grandmother

Aug. 9, 2013: The Parsonses have agreed to appear on the Dr. Phil Show.

Source: Salisbury Post

Her husband, Sandy Parsons, added: 'If it was OK with my wife, it was OK
with me. I thought she was just being a rebellious teenager. It upset me
- yes, I missed her. I still miss her.'

Dr Phil responded: 'I have to tell you,
that to me it is shocking. I can understand how you can be disarmed [by Nan]...
but then you last talked to her in February 2012 and not ever again. It
is shocking.'

On the second part of the two-part Dr Phil special, the couple undergo polygraph tests. This episode will air on Wednesday.

Dr Phil also revealed how Erica's biological mother, a relative of the couple, expressed her concern on Facebook.

'I
am the birth mom,' she wrote. 'She has no family in Ashville and I nor
her dad have no clue where she is and we love her and want to find her
and know she is safe.'

Numerous relatives of the Parsons have told police that the couple inflicted years of abuse on Erica, but the Department of Social Services has not turned up any evidence to support this.

However, last week, investigators searching the Parsons' home uncovered a treasure trove of evidence they think may answer some questions about the missing girl.

In affidavits filed to obtain search warrants for their Salisbury, North Carolina home, authorities alleged that they 'routinely abused' the girl before she went missing two years ago.

Officials found red stained drywall and baseboards that are being tested for the presence of blood, the documents said.

Two large knives were also taken from
the house, along with a book detailing the disappearance of JonBenet
Ramsay which contained notes about home remodeling, the paper reported.

A
plastic bag filled with magazine about Ramsay was also removed, as well
as laptops, cell phones and a desktop computer, the paper noted.

'They're
just looking for anything they can find that'll help,' Carlyle
Sherrill, the Parsons' attorney, told media outside his office. 'We want
to help anyway we can to find Erica.'

Missing: Relatives have said that the Parsons abused Erica for years, but the DSS said there is no evidence

Anger: The Parsons say they left her with 'Nan' as she was happier there and did not want to see them

A separate warrant was also issued to
search the family's financial records after it was discovered they
continued to receive payments from the state for the girl's care even
after she left.

The Parsons told officials they collected the checks because they were tied to the teen's health insurance, according to WSOC.

The warrants also detailed allegations of abuse made against the parents by family members.

Relatives told investigators the missing girl was often covered in bruises and that Sandy Parsons told them 'she couldn't tolerate her and does not claim Erica as her daughter'.

When confronted, the woman would accuse other children of beating the innocent girl, they said.

Casey Parsons also allegedly forced the girl to live outside the home like a punished dog, the warrants said.

The search is on: Authorities are searching the home of Erica Lynn Parsons' adoptive parents after she was just reported missing July 30. She was last seen in November 2011

Probe: Officers took red-stained drywall from the home and books about other missing children cases

According
to police investigating the
case, when they questioned Casey and Sandy Parsons over a two-day period
two weeks ago, the parents lied to them and were uncooperative.

Claim: Erica's adoptive brother told police she was missing and that his parents killed her

Their attorney, however, insists that
his clients did not purposefully fabricate anything, but were rather
relaying information that they believed to be true.

The
Parsons' maintain they failed to report Erica missing 'in a timely or
reasonable time frame' due to fears of legal consequences from
continuing to cash the checks.

Casey and Sandy Parsons told the press that despite accusations from police, they have done nothing wrong.

‘[Police
said] we had killed Erica and buried her in our backyard,’ Casey
Parsons said. ‘We told them, "Go do what you want to the house. Look. Go
dig the yard up. Erica is not in this yard. Erica is fine."'

Despite
Casey and Sandy Parsons' protestations that they have never hurt Erica,
the Department of Social Services has removed their two other children
from their home and launched an investigation of its own.

But
a DSS investigation has yielded no
evidence. According to a report summing up the investigation, ‘no signs
of cuts, contusions, or scratches’ have been found, and Erica showed ‘no
signs of fear with either of the parents going up and sitting on each
of their laps without being asked.’

Last sighting: Erica has been missing since November 19, 2011, when she left her adoptive parents' home on Miller Chapel Road in Salisbury

Worst fears: The girl's adoptive grandparents, Janet and Steven Parsons,
are afraid that something happened to Erica, and their son, Erica's
father, and his wife are not telling them the truth

The couple also claimed James Parsons called police about his adoptive sister after being forced to move out
of his parents’ house as punishment for assaulting his mother with a
baseball bat in June.

Casey and Sandy Parsons described
their son as an emotionally disturbed young man who is bi-polar,
suicidal and at times violent.

In February 2010, James was charged with assaulting his then-3-year-old brother, Toby, by biting the toddler on the arm. That
summer, James was charged with assaulting his mother, who had just
undergone surgery, his sister and brother, and also choking the sister’s
dog.

The charges against James Parsons were later dropped because his mother failed to appear on court.

‘He
always told me he was going to get me. I never thought he’d do this,’
Casey Parsons said, implying that her son filed the missing person’s
report to get back at her.

Erica Parsons is described as 4 feet 5
and weighing between 85 and 90lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes and
appears small for her age.